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Flowers are seen at the ground next to the Norwegian parliament to pay tribute to victims of the twin attacks on Friday, in central Oslo, Norway. A massive bombing was followed by a horrific shooting spree at a youth retreat for the prime minister’s center-left party. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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Customers stream in as Borders begins final sales

While workers were hanging a giant yellow “going out of business” sign on the outside of a Borders store, shoppers were streaming inside the store on day one of the liquidation sale.

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Detroit Free Press

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Borders Books liquidation sales begin

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Yahoo! News

In Washington, new law bans anonymous sperm and egg donors

A new law guarantees children conceived with gametes from Washington sperm banks and egg donation agencies access — when they’re 18 — to their donors’ medical histories and their full names.

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TIME

Officials seek motive for Norway attacks

The death toll in the mass shooting and bomb attack in Norway rose to 92 as the citizens tried to make sense of what the prime minister called the country’s “worst atrocity” since World War II.

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CNN

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Suspect admits responsibility

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Al Jazeera

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Photo gallery: Norway mourns its dead

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Spiegel International

Egyptian army rulers promise transition to democracy

Egypt’s interim military rulers are committed to transforming the Arab world’s most populous nation into a democracy, Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said.

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MSNBC

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Protests against Egypt’s military rulers turn violent

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Washington Post

After long wait, same-sex couples marry in New York

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples across New York State began marrying — the culmination of a long battle in the Legislature and a new milestone for gay rights advocates.

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NATION

Heat records topple; little relief in sight

A heat wave that spread from the Midwest to the Northeast tormented millions with blasts of 100-degree temperatures, broken high-temperature records and dozens of heat-related deaths.

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MSNBC

States look to fees, fines to solve several fiscal woes

States and cities across the nation are raising fees to bring in new money for governments reeling from spending cuts and other revenue shortfalls.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

POLITICS

Obama, lawmakers try to salvage debt deal

Scolded by President Barack Obama, Congress scrambled on Saturday to produce a deficit plan within 48 hours that keeps the U.S. from a catastrophic debt default now days away.

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Reuters

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Debt talks aim for announcement of progress soon

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Kansas City Star

FAA shutdown looking increasingly likely, would cost govt $200M a week

Portions of the Federal Aviation Administration will shut down — putting nearly 4,000 people temporarily out of work and allowing airline passengers to buy tickets without taxes.

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Star Tribune

BUSINESS

Apple to consider a bid for Hulu

Apple Inc. (AAPL), with $76.2 billion in cash and securities on its books, is considering making a bid for the Hulu online video service, two people with knowledge of the auction said.

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Bloomberg

A boom in corporate profits, but a bust in jobs, wages

Strong second-quarter earnings from McDonald’s, General Electric and Caterpillar are just the latest proof that booming profits have allowed corporate America to leave the recession far behind.

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Denver Post

ENVIRONMENT

Rescuers save 44 beached whales but many more die on Scottish loch shore

Rescuers returned 44 pilot whales to open water after a mass stranding in the estuary of a sea loch in the Scottish Highlands. 25 whales died at the Kyle of Durness when they beached at low tide.

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Guardian

No safety conclusions in report on nuclear dump

A Nuclear Regulatory Commission report makes no conclusions about whether entombing the nation’s most radioactive material at the Yucca Mountain site in the desert northwest of Las Vegas is safe.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Cleveland volcano in Alaska shows signs of impending eruption

Recent satellite images of a remote Alaska volcano along a flight route for major airlines show it may be poised for its first big eruption in 10 years, scientists said.

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Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Valencia to ban smoking on all campuses starting in 2012

Valencia College, one of Florida’s largest public state colleges, will ban smoking on all its campuses starting with the 2012 academic year.

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Orlando Sentinel

New report lays out framework for K-12 science education

A new report offers what some consider to be a new framework to guide K-12 science education that calls for a shift in the way science is taught in the U.S.

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EducationNews.org

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic church’s plea could rule out damages for priests’ abuse

Victims of sexual abuse by priests will no longer be able to sue the Catholic church for damages if a landmark judgment rules that priests should not be considered as employees.

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Guardian

Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral may be reborn as Catholic

A Roman Catholic diocese made a $50 million cash offer to buy Southern California’s financially struggling Crystal Cathedral, officials said.

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USA TODAY

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About protesting funeral protesters

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Amazin’ Pirates baseball’s story of the year

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Grover Norquist’s pledge is a colossal failure

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Why do we call the Gang of Six a ‘gang?’

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Hacking the journalism ethic

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GOOD NEWS

UN humanitarian fund gives millions for food aid across Horn of Africa

The United Nations-managed humanitarian fund has allocated more than $51 million to deliver food aid to thousands of needy people across the Horn of Africa, experiencing famine.

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UN News Service

Small-town doctors made in a small Kansas town

This state, so sparsely populated in parts that five counties have no doctors at all, has struggled for years to encourage young doctors to relocate to rural communities.

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WORLD

Chinese bullet train derails, 32 killed

China’s state media is reporting that at least 32 people were killed when a Chinese high-speed bullet train lost power after being struck by lightning and was hit from behind by another train.

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CBS News

Fitch calls default, Greece pledges no let-up on debt

Fitch ratings agency declared Greece would be in temporary default as the result of a second bailout, which Athens said had bought it breathing space.

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Reuters

Somali militants block foreign aid from famine-hit south

Islamist guerrillas who control swaths of Somalia are banning food aid from foreigners — a posture that observers predict might cost millions of lives.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA’s big asteroid plan is one engineers will ‘eat up’

With the space shuttle now history, NASA’s next great mission is so audacious, the agency’s best minds are wrestling with how to pull it off: send astronauts to an asteroid in less than 15 years.

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Star Tribune

What does Google+ want to be when it grows up?

Google+ is growing fast, according to figures from ComScore. A social gaming angle could put it in even more direct competition with the social networking king Facebook.

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Muscles in a vial: Can a single shot turn you into Captain America?

Brian Kaspar of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and his group have been developing a treatment that increases muscle mass and strength with a single shot.

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LiveScience

HEALTH

Walter Reed hospital to close after more than a century

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army’s flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century.

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USA TODAY

DNA sequencing technique using semiconductors developed

Scientists at Ion Torrent Systems Inc. have created a DNA sequencing technique using semiconductors instead of the costly and complex optical technology.

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Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Texting disturbs others in theaters

While performing in Chicago, comedian Bill Burr spotted an audience member texting. It happens so much that Burr now incorporates a whole bit about it in his own act.

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Detroit Free Press

Amy Winehouse dies aged 27

Miss Winehouse, who came to fame with her debut album Frank in 2003, was found at her flat in north London, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Five greatest Amy Winehouse videos

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E! Online

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The life and times of Amy Winehouse

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TIME

Usually forbidden, skateboarders inundate boardwalk

For most of the year, skateboarding is prohibited anywhere in Ocean City, MD. For four days, however, the Dew Tour has set up shop on the south end of the pier for games and free concerts.

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SPORTS

NFL preseason, when it begins, could look ragged

Many fans wonder when pro football will return. The league and its 32 teams are considering ways to placate fans once a labor agreement is completed.

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Denver Post

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Plan calls for vote at camps

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ESPN

Gillick, Alomar fittingly enter Baseball Hall of Fame together

Pat Gillick, known as a franchise builder who had great levels of success in his years, will enter the Hall along with pitcher Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar, the all-star second baseman.

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MLB.com

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Crime documentaries linked to fear

Most people get their exposure to crime through the media. Researchers have begun to look at how viewing habits influence fear of crime.

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Boys stand in a fountain at the Exhibition Center in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / AP)

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